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At the end of his letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus writes: "You shall live as a god among men. I am curious to know how this would be translated into Latin and was surprised to find nothing online.
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I recently ordered a shirt because the design was cool and it's from a game I liked. I just got it in the mail yesterday, and when I looked further, it seems like the design says 'mement' instead of '...
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In LLPSI FR in Chapter 19 at line 90 is the following excerpt.
“[...] Decem annī longum est tempus, sed amor meus tempore nōn minuitur. [...]”
My inference for translation is:
Ten years is a long ...
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Erant autem ibi mulieres multæ a longe, quæ secutæ erant Jesum a Galilæa, ministrantes ei...
Matthæus 27:55
Most of the translations, as far as I can tell, translate "a longe" as "from ...
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I'm reading the book La porte des rêves by French writer Marcel Schwob.
In his third short story, he uses the following quote by Plato as an epigraph:
Tὴν ψυχὴν, ’Aγάθωνα ϕτλὼν, ὲπ χε λε λεσɩν ἔσχoν “...
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The text of the first two lines, as per the papyrus, reads:
]μεν οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι
] ὂ̣ν ἀνθρώπ[ ]εδέχην δ' ἄρασθαι
The integration in question reads:
[Εὖ μὲν ἴδ]μεν οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι
[λῷστ'] ὂ̣ν ...
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I was reading through "Politica sive de Republica" by Aristotle, and I was wondering what would be the title of the Latin translation of the book if the subject was linguistics rather than ...
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There were three maxims carved into the Temple of Apollo at Delphi:
γνῶθι σεαυτόν (know thyself)
μηδὲν ἄγαν (nothing in excess)
Ἐγγύα πάρα δ'ἄτη (a pledge comes from folly)
The first two maxims make ...
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How does the famous saying:
Veni, vidi, vici.
have to be changed so that it describes a female person, such as in English:
She came, she saw, she conquered.
Reversing Google Translate gives ...
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If someone thanks me in Latin, how should I respond?
I have been taught to reply sodes, but L&S does not seem to mention such use at all.
Did the Romans have any idiom for replying to "thank you"?
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I'm aware of some of the differences in pronunciation between the two, and perhaps this can be covered in greater detail elsewhere, but are there also any other key areas of differences (with perhaps ...
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I am in the beginning stages of thinking about learning both Ancient Greek and Latin. During my initial research, I have encountered some people saying that learning Latin first is what is commonly ...
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In the Warhammer 40K universe, the Night Lords (scary stealthy dudes) use the battle cry "Ave Dominus Nox." This isn't meant to be in Latin, but in High Gothic, a made-up language for the ...
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This is not a religious question but moreso clarification on the word Niger in the bible. Here is Acts 13:1:
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas,...
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